Chair-table.



No. 784,604. PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905. L. WALL.

CHAIR TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1904.

Witnesses i v Hctomegs Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

LOUISA WALL, OF BOISE, IDAHO.

CHAIR-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,604, dated March 14, 1905.

Application filed June 9, 1904. Serial No. 211,853. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUISA WALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 525 Thirteenth street, Boise, in the county of Ada and State of Idaho, have invented a new and use-' ful Chair-Table, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to chair attachments for tables, desks, and similar articles of furniture, and has for its object to provide means whereby the chairs used in connection with a table may be conveniently folded beneath the table when not in use, so asto occupy very little space. I

A further object of the invention is to strengthen and reinforce the table by extending the standard or pedestal thereof through the supporting-base, said pedestal serving also to limit the inward movement of the chaircarrying slides.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation, partly in section, of a table provided with my improved chair attachment. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of one of the telescopic chair-carrying slides detached.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In carrying out the invention I employ a table of the ordinary extension type, to the top 5 of which is secured in any suitable manner a centrally-disposed standard or pedestal 6, the lower end of which is seated in a recess formed in the supporting-base 7. The base 7 erably formed of a plurality of telescopic sections, as shown, the inner section 10 of each slide being hollow and the mouth thereof reduced to form a pair of oppositely-disposed shoulders 11, adapted to engage the enlarged head 12 of the adjacent section, so as to limit outward movement of the latter. The inner ends of the slide-sections 10 are provided with depending lugs or pins 13, which engage radially-disposed slots 14: in a plate 15, the latter being secured in any suitable manner to the base 7 and serving to cover the recesses 8. Attention is called to the fact that the lugs 13 limit the outward movement of the sections 10 by engagement with the forward ends of the slots 14, while rearward movement of said sections is limited by engagement of the squared ends 16 with the side walls of the standard 6, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2

of the drawings. Secured to the ends of the telescopic sections 17 are standards 18, each provided with a centrally-threaded opening 19, adapted to receive the correspondinglythreaded shank 20 of a stool, chair, or similar seat 21, so that said seats may be adjusted vertically with relation to the table-top. The sections 17 are preferably provided with rollers or casters 22'to assist in sustaining the weight of the seats 21 and also to facilitate the movement of the chair-carrying slides.

The supporting-base 5 may also be provided with a plurality of casters or rollers 23, as shown.

From the foregoing description it will be seen tnat the seats 21 may be readily adjusted to accommodate the additional length of the table when one or more leaves are inserted and said seats compactly folded. beneath the table when not in use, so as to take up very little room.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. The combination with a table, of a supporting-base provided with a central recess having a plurality of radially-disposed re cesses communicating therewith, a standard secured to the table-top and seated in the central recess inthe base, a plate secured to the base and covering the bottom of the recesses, slots formed in said plate, and a plurality of chair-carrying slides mounted for longitudinal movement in said recesses and adapted to engage the base of the standard when folded beneath the table-top, said slides being provided With depending lugs for engagement with the slots in said plate.

2. The combination with a table, of a supporting-base provided with a central recess having a plurality of radially-disposed recesses communicating therewith, a standard secured to the table-top and seated in the central recess in the base, a plurality of chaircarrying slides mounted for longitudinal movement in said recesses, and adapted to engage the base of the standard when folded beneath the table-top, said slides each comprising a plurality of telescopic sections one of which is provided with a shoulder adapted to limit the outward movement of the adjacent section.

3. The combination with a table, of a supporting-base provided with a plurality of radially-disposed recesses, a standard secured to the table-top and seated in the base, a plate secured to the base and provided with a series of slots adapted to register with the recesses in said base, a plurality of chair-carrying slides mounted for longitudinal movement in said recesses, said slides each comprising a pair of telescopic sections one of which is provided with oppositely-disposed shoulders and a depending lug fitting in one of the slots in the plate and the adjacent section with an enlarged head adapted to engage said shoulders for limiting the outward movement of said section.

Boise, Idaho, May 24, 1904.

- LOUISA ALL.

\Vitnesses:

'1. F. HALoEs'roN, F. L. RICHMOND. 

